Luke Grimes Admits He Didn&x27;t Know What a Procedural Was Before Signing on for "Yellowstone" Spinoff "Marshals" Yamillah HurtadoFri, February 27, 2026 at 4:26 PM UTC 0 Luke Grimes at the premiere of 'Marshals' in Los Angeles in FebruaryCredit: Kayla Oaddams/WireImage Luke Grimes confesses he didn't know what a procedural show was until signing on for Marshals The Yellowstone spinoff sees Grimes' Kayce Dutton join an elite unit of U.S.
Luke Grimes Admits He Didn't Know What a Procedural Was Before Signing on for "Yellowstone" Spinoff "Marshals"
Yamillah HurtadoFri, February 27, 2026 at 4:26 PM UTC
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Luke Grimes at the premiere of 'Marshals' in Los Angeles in FebruaryCredit: Kayla Oaddams/WireImage -
Luke Grimes confesses he didn't know what a procedural show was until signing on for Marshals
The Yellowstone spinoff sees Grimes' Kayce Dutton join an elite unit of U.S. Marshals a year after the original series' finale
Marshals premieres on Sunday, March 1, on CBS
When Luke Grimes got the call to be a part of Marshals, he didn't know what a procedural was.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Grimes, 42, opened up about getting back in the saddle for the Yellowstone spinoff series as cowboy Kayce Dutton and admitted he didn't know what a show with a procedural format entailed.
"My mom loves procedurals," he said. "I wasn't too familiar with the format. I was like, 'His story ended so perfectly. I don't know if we should go back into it.' I was very reluctant at first. I'd never heard of anything like this before."
Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton in 'Marshals'Credit: Fred Hayes/CBS
After Marshals showrunner Spencer Hudnut shared his vision of the "non-traditional procedural" with Grimes, the actor was on board.
"I realized we're not just trying to juice a stone and get a paycheck, there really is a story to tell," Grimes explained. "This guy used to be a SEAL, and we never explored that."
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The CBS spinoff sees Kayce a year after the end of Yellowstone as he joins an elite unit of U.S. Marshals, blending his Montana lifestyle with his former experience as a Navy SEAL.
Per the official synopsis, "Kayce and his teammates must balance the high psychological cost of serving as the last line of defense in the region's war on violence with their duty to their families, which for Kayce includes his son Tate and his confidantes Mo (Mo Brings Plenty) and Thomas Rainwater (Gil Birmingham) from the Broken Rock reservation."
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Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton in 'Marshals'Credit: Sonja Flemming/CBS
"Part of what we wanna do with this show is really explore the cost and consequences of being someone who runs into the fire," Hudnut said. "How do you do the most intense job in the world and then come home?"
In the original series, the tortured cowboy met his happy ending when he chose to walk away from his family's ranch and build a new life with his wife, Monica (Kelsey Asbille), and their son, Tate (Brecken Merrill).
For Marshals, Hudnut knew "that something had to shake him out of that."
Grimes previously told PEOPLE that Marshals will "find a whole new world" for the youngest of the Dutton clan.
"We definitely wanted to make sure to give it a real story and make it interesting and make it believable," the Happiness for Beginners star explained. "If it was just like, 'Well, he's happy' — we're just going to watch him be happy? That's not very cool."
"But I'll say this, the idea that was pitched to me is very, very good and very interesting, and it really roped me in, and I think it will rope the audience in as well," he said.
Marshals premieres Sunday, March 1, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
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Published: February 27, 2026 at 06:45PM on Source: RED MAG
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